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Thursday, January 21, 2016

IRS Erases Hard Drive Despite Court Order

The IRS erased a hard drive belonging to a former top employee involved in the agency’s controversial, taxpayer-funded hiring of elite trial law firm Quinn Emanuel.

Although there was a court preservation order on all documents related to the IRS hiring of the outside firm, the hard drive was erased anyway. The order was borne of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by Microsoft.

Even though the white shoe law firm has zero experience handling sensitive tax data, taxpayers have been footing bills of over $1,000 per hour for its services.

As reported by legal news service Law360:

The IRS informed the U.S. Department of Justice last month that it did not wipe the hard drive until April of last year, after the hold was in place, according to a Friday filing by the U.S. Department of Justice in a Washington federal court. The hard drive belonged to Samuel Maruca, former director of transfer pricing operations at the IRS Large Business and International Division.

IRS attorneys “have continued to study whether or how the foregoing might implicate the Service’s obligation to conduct a reasonable search in response to Microsoft’s FOIA requests,” the statement said.

The deleted hard drive belonged to the agency’s former director of transfer pricing operations at the IRS Large Business and International Division, likely a key employee involved in the controversy. It is not known if there is any way to recover documents belonging to the employee.

Despite its complete inexperience handling audits or taxpayer data, Quinn Emanuel was hired under an initial $2.2 million contract.

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

And, whereTF is the DOJ?
The 'in your face' illegal defiance is rutting staggering!
This kind of government is, to me and should be to you, unacceptable. The DOJ, IMHO is the only place within our government framework where this and other blatant miscarriages of justice can be stopped, is traitorous.

Anonymous said...

If this was done in violation of a court order, then the judge can and should hold the perp in contempt and JAIL him.

Anonymous said...

Criminal agency.

Anonymous said...

IRS doesn't work for the US Government or the People of the United States.

IRS works for the private bankers who own the FED.

Anonymous said...

Deep down we all know the IRS is a criminal agency.
Don't we?

Are we pretending to be outraged?

Anonymous said...

The only way to end the irs thieves is for EVERYONE to stop paying taxes don't let them take it from our checks andr refuse to pay it on April 15th.

Anonymous said...

Lock these people up and close the IRS...

Anonymous said...

There is always investigations and never any results. Why do we even waste the money on the investigation. Just make a list of everyone who is above the law (Clinton, Obama, Holder, ect) and they can do whatever they want.

lmclain said...

Two sets of laws.

YOU go to PRISON for destroying evidence in violation of a court order.
THEY keep their jobs and that fat pension.
And you just can't stop cheering.
And VOTING FOR THEM!
They think "we, the people" are stupid and every time a survey finds that 10% of college grads think Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court, well, they just keep pushing their agenda.
keep cheering.